St Margaret's Primary Academy is a primary school located in Lowestoft. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 16/05/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in writing and progress in maths are below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.3%, which is 2.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Church Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4JF
Website: http://www.st-margarets.suffolk.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01502530130
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Zara Lambert
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 141984

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 16/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 420
Number of Boys: 208
Number of Girls: 212

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -1.4 Confidence interval -3 to 0.2
Writing
Below Average: -2 Confidence interval -3.4 to -0.5
Maths
Below Average: -2.2 Confidence interval -3.6 to -0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:59%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:5%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Margaret's Primary Academy
Church Road , NR32 4JF 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
St Margaret's Road , NR32 4HN 		2out of 4 177 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Poplars Community Primary School
St Margaret's Road , NR32 4HN 		3out of 4 328 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Roman Hill Primary School
Avondale Road , NR32 2NX 		3out of 4 896 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Woods Loke Primary School
Butley Drive , Oulton Broad NR32 3EB 		3out of 4 1,732 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ormiston Denes Academy
Yarmouth Road , NR32 4AH 		2out of 4 507 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Blyford Road , NR32 4PZ 		3out of 4 1,819 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
East Point Academy
Kirkley Run , NR33 0UQ 		3out of 4 2,551 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
East Coast College
St Peter's Street , NR32 2NB 		- not rated 501 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
First Base
34 Ashley Downs , NR32 4EX 		3out of 4 512 yd Pupil referral unit Yes Mixed More About School
The Ashley School
Ashley Downs , NR32 4EU 		4out of 4 549 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Harbour
Harbour Pupil Referral Unit , Saturn Close NR32 4TD 		3out of 4 646 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Learning Support, Northern Area Education Office
Adrian House , Alexandra Road NR32 1PL 		- not rated 678 yd Miscellaneous Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Old Warren House School
Warren Road , NR32 4QD 		3out of 4 743 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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